The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-07

frall females, whose affections had been captured
by those long, glossy tresses.
REV. P. M. DoNoHUE, young Catholic priest
of Arcola, ILL.,, has just been appointed lieu
tenant in the French army. He speaks the
French and Italian languages fuently, and is
something of scientist.
EDWARD E. HALE tells striking anecdote OF
Agassiz. In great publishing house he saw the
proof-sheets on a school-book Of natural history.
Three butterflies" he said, ''only three in the
book, and not one Of the three was ever in Amer
ica."
WINsLow HOMER, the painter of breezy sea
pieces, is seeing the sights in New York. Mr..
Fl. doesn't often get to town, being rather a
lover of all great things in nature. He keeps
bachelors hall tho wild Maine coast His
age is fifty one.
SARAH BERNHARDT is a generous liver. She
has coffee and rolls before rising and at II eats
hearty breakfast, with claret She dimes we'll
at ., and has supper after theater hours, usual
~ nothing more than bouillon, cold meats and
fruit. and sometimes terrapin. And still she re-
mains maigre
NEW YORK Graphic: who marries a
deaf and dumb wife doesn't have to take off his
boots when he ascends to his chamber early in
the morning, but he has to breathe against the
wall when he goes to sleep just the same as less
| unfortunate husbands. One can't have every
thing in this world.
ALLEN THoRNDIKE RICE, the millionaire edit
or Of the North American Review. has fancy
for relics. He has just bought the suit of
clothes in which Washington was attired at his
| first inauguration. They of some peculiarly
| fine black silk fabric woven in France and
brought over expressly for the first President.
| Miss KATE FIELD does not believe in Lady
Habertons reform dress" She sent over to
London for one of the divided skirts put it
| Gu IA
| She tried to hold the garment up out of the
| mud but couldn't 1t was worse than the ordi-
| nary dress. When she got home it was terribly
| oedraggled, and she sold it next day to a Sec
| ond hand dealer.
| GENERAL BEALE, of Washington, is one of
the largest landed propretors in the United
States His cattle ranch, Tejou, embraces 250,
| 900 acres. eighty miles north of Los An
| geles Cal, upon which are 40 900 head of cattle
| and horses. He has farm of several hundred
| acres eight miles from Washington, where he
| has stud of blooded stock. He also possesses
| large estate in Chester, Pa.
| MRS. CLEMENT G. CLAY. wife Of the late SEN
ator from Alabama, is now in Washington.
whore they tell this story of her: When she
went to Ireland not long ago, the custom house
| officers began to examine her baggage, and
asked, as usual, il she had any arms in her
| trunk. NO." said she. but have TWO arms
! Ireland with Them God bless herr" The officers
passed her baggage without further search.
Mr.. BLoDGETr, the New Jersey Senator. is
over six feet high, but his altitude is in limbs
rather than in body. His shoulders are slightly
rounded and he usually carries both hands ir
his pockets. His head is almost entirely bald
His nose is disposed to be aquilire, and he hal
| keen gray eyes. and wears blonde mustache
but no beard. When he was member of the
Assembly he spoke seldom, and then for only
| minute two. He is no orator, but speaks
when he rises. straight to the point. and puts hi
thoughts in as few words possible.
THE memory of the late DR.. James Markham
Amber, surgeon of the illstarred Jeanette
who died in the arctic regions, has been honoret
by the hanging Of q bronze tablet five feet lonI
by three and half wide, In the Corcoran AR
Gallery, at Washington. The design is classi
one, with medallion portrait of the subject oil
its face. Below this is representation of
ecene on the banks OF the Lena Delta, in which
DR.. Amber is represented performing hi
duties towards the sick members of the party
while waving his hand in farewell to the tw,
men who are leaving IN search of help. after
vain attempt to persuade him to accompan.
them. The inscription gives the subjects nam
and date Of death, and closes with the words
Duty stronger than the love Of life"